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Project Manager Management

Location:
Sugar Land, TX, 77479
Posted:
August 09, 2010

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ADAM D. BROWER

SUMMARY

Experienced in both the creative and technical aspects of IT and interactive project management and marketing communications

development. Recent activities include specializing in emerging new media: interactive tools, mobile technology and social

media. Expert in analyzing business requirements and translating that into a successful project from conception to deployment.

Exceptional combination of personal, marketing and technical skills that lends to solid project management and leadership.

Successfully managed many teams throughout my career with over 15 years of technical, marketing, and account management

experience, mainly focused in the highly-technical interactive industry. Enterprise accounts include work for HP, Chase,

American Airlines and Ford Motor Company.

EXPERIENCE

IDEA Houston, TX

Sr. Project Manager/Account Manager Oct. 2006 – July 2010

Acted as primary escalation point for large accounts ($1MM+ per year) while also managing multiple simultaneous projects

with an average of 7 - 10 team members per project.

Supervised multiple project managers for projects up to $500,000 in budget. Projects included overseeing Content

Management Systems (CMS) creation and deployment, XML-based Flash design, SharePoint implementations, and

Flex/ActionScript3 development.

Report directly to client stakeholders, including VP’s and Directors, and provide accountability for all project activity.

Weekly reports and briefs were reviewed by IDEA Sr. Management.

Identified and secured unique project opportunities and established IDEA as a competitor in the interactive tool, 3D

modeling, and award-winning digital video markets. These are now core competencies IDEA has today.

Created solution plans and requirements for an interactive product selector tools program. These tools allow easy

maintenance and the ability for customers to interact with HP products, helping to deliver improved ROI and usability.

Established myself as the trusted advisor, internally and with key client executives, for complex project solutions and digital

marketing strategies. This positively impacted client retention and growth at the agency.

Managed and lead on-time, on-budget delivery of small to large scale IT projects, online marketing campaigns, website

launches, redesigns and interactive elements.

Guided and mentored other members of the Project Management Team to ensure that industry knowledge, project

management skills and practices are consistent throughout the agency.

Drove the agency into new strategic competencies while raising levels of quality and maintaining a long-term strategy plan

and roadmap.

HP

Houston, TX

Sr. Project Manager

World Wide Business Management, Internet Services May 1996 – Oct. 2006

Create and define overall scope and milestones for website deployment projects and created streamlined process flows to

improve project efficiencies and group communications.

Maintained project plans and roadmap for major site updates, deployments, and new site engagements.

Managed site launches and facilitated the deployment to all World Wide regions.

Lead the interactive content deployment on a World Wide level, developing a content and site strategy utilizing internal and

external resources.

Simultaneously controlled multiple projects for several business groups.

Aligned all World Wide regions and business groups to a unified content management strategy for ease of future updates

and deployments.

Sr. Editor In Chief/HP.com owner

Served as primary point of contact for new site creation projects and deployment for all enterprise business websites.

Ensured that all content met HP brand standards and accessibility.

Worked directly with World Wide Business Managers and teams of up to 10 people to plan and deploy content.

Accountable for completing each project on time and within budget constraints.

Promoted standardized hosting platforms to HP business groups, ensuring efficient process and allowing for World Wide

localization.

IT Operations Manager

Managed IT operational projects including data center migrations, new server environment creations, hardware

consolidation, server outages and escalations.

Provide daily server activity reports and mitigation for any issues.

Established asset ownership and accountability for maintaining up to 80 servers ensuring downtime is kept to a below .

001%.

Director, Internet Development

Director of a team of 35 employees, including 6 managers, for internet development, content management, and quality

assurance.

Strategically handled resource allocation, client interaction, project estimation, scheduling, process design and

implementation.

Developed estimates, gather requirements and organize teams to accomplish defined tasks and manage workflow ensuring

on-time and under-budget delivery for each project within the team.

Internet Project Manager

Served as technical analyst and project manager for eSupport product deployment with Ford Motor Company.

Managed services relationships for Interstate Insurance Group located in Chicago and the South Carolina State Port

Authority.

Facilitated sales demos and presentations for potential Fortune 100 clients such as VP’s of JP Morgan Chase and American

Airlines.

Designed, planned and developed online support tools for internal engineers, customer support and external repair partners.

Implemented rollout plan internally and to external partners. Provided onsite training to call center and repair centers.

EDUCATION

Blinn College; College Station, TX 1994

– 1995

University of Texas at Arlington; Arlington, TX 1991 – 1993

KNOWLEDGE

Project Management and Account Management: Project Methodologies, Project Plans, CRM, MS Project

Interactive Development: Java, AS3, Flex, Flash, XML, HTML, CSS, PHP

SEO Strategies, Tools and Platforms, Google Analytics

User Experience Design, Interactive

CMS – Content Management System Platforms

Information Architecture Design, Interactive

Digital Video Production, 3D Modeling, and Video Editing

Technical and Creative Writing and Editing

SharePoint Design implementation

Social Media Strategies

Mobile Technology and Marketing

Technical Knowledge: Data Center Operations, Power Management, Server Deployment, Memory Configuration

Graphic Design and Production

TRAINING

Project Leadership and People Management Writing Skills For Trainers Workshop

Langevin Learning Services – Training Certifications Technical Writing

Designing Computer-Based Training Workshop Interactive Site Development

JAVA Development



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